This seems like a normal cheap android phone with a bootloader-unlocked operating system and some pre-installed ad-block and rethinkDNS’ish Apps imstalled?
And no offence, but the advertising video itself is more scamy then the wedding-dress shop around the corner that is always closed and dusty, but still paying a horrendous amount of rent each month…
Yes, it’s just iodéOS, which is LineageOS and microg. You can do this with literally any phone if the bootloader can be unlocked. Even easier if it’s officially supported by lineage.
From the specs it sounds like it’s like a Vivo Y28s. It’s not that exact model but something very similar. Same features, same soc, has microsd and headphone jack.
And they are selling it for USD 300. I found this vivo on middle eastern and indian webshops, and it costs less than USD 200.
Yes, but where can you buy that Y28s with an AOSP ROM out of the box? Can you even install an AOSP ROM on it? Furthermore, those Asian phones likely will not work with US VoLTE. The whole point of this phone is that it is a solution for people who do not want to deal with flashing another ROM and want something that “just works”. Rob Braxman also sells Pixels with AOSP ROMs (previously CalyxOS, now something else, I believe). The point is not getting the best value or the most revolutionary or amazing device ever.
So do you think the wedding dress shop is laundering money for a drug cartel?
Also, is rethinkDNS an alternative DNS which protects privacy?
rethink is an app that can do custom DNS setup, VPN client and proxy functionality, and firewall to some extent.
I never trusted that brax guy
I would consider anything other than GrapheneOS a scam or even a honeypot at this point. Braxman is a complete utter joke, this crap is no different than that MAGA guy selling his freedom phone or whatever it was called.
I use GrapheneOS because it works better for me, but considering their personnel and how they’re operating, I still would also trust Calyx. Was clearly the best choice for my fairphone back then.
DivestOS was also cool while it was developed.
Never, ever put your money into an Indiegogo project. It’s not investing, as you don’t earn any money. It’s not purchasing, as there are no guarantees of products finishing or shipping. You also don’t have any consumer protections or rights, even if the project violates Indiegogo’s terms of service and commits fraud, unless you reside in the same country as the company leading the project.
Don’t ask me how I know; I am still bitter.
Edit: Hardware-wise, this phone is doing a lot right: microSD, headphone jack, sim slots, NFC, and what seems to /maybe/ be a user-replacable battery without needing a new water seal on the back of the case after opening it up. IMO it falls short on RAM (16GB is the new minimum and this phone only has 8) and they used a screen with a freaking notch in it.
Software-wise, they don’t seem to be doing anything new, except for offering a somewhat ready-to-go product that tried to de-google Android. This could be nice for people who don’t want to spend weeks or months learning how to secure their phones themselves.
Also keep in mind that AT&T (and I believe Verizon too) do not approve of any new devices with unlocked bootloaders on their network, and as such, this phone does not support the full range of bands used by these companies. Of the three main cell network providers in the US, only T-mobile allows full access to all their bands with devices that ship with official unlockable bootloaders.
Indiegogo also tries to sneak a crazy high tip to the platform when you back a project now.
IMO it falls short on RAM (16GB is the new minimum and this phone only has 8)
what the hell. just no. what do you want to run on it, desktop windows with electron apps and dozens of active (not open) browser tabs?
6 GB should be plenty fine.
also,
Of the three main cell network providers in the US, only T-mobile allows full access to all their bands with devices that ship with official unlockable bootloaders.
unlocable, or unlocked?
My current phone has 12GB and quite frankly it’s amazing to have that much!
I know 16GB seems ridiculous, but with LLMs gaining popularity, running one locally on a phone really needs at least 8GB, and 16GB would be much better.
I think it’s just the way things are going.
I don’t need an LLM on my phone, and most people don’t either. I mean, I’m not an AI addict, but also, these are battery powered devices!
if I want to use an LLM on the go for some reason, I would either run that at home on a computer that was made for performance, or just use the duck.ai site because that’s just fine too.
my phone has 6 GB, and that’s plenty. I have a ton of apps installed, and always running background services like Syncthing.
Their shipping estimate sounds like a pipe dream. There is no way this ships in March, or April, or probably even May.
Why? It’s pretty much just dropshipping some year old low end chineseum phone with rebranded lineageos. I could probably do that by April starting now…
I guess it depends on if they are actually designing any of their own hardware. I was assuming they were, but now that you mention it, yeah why would they.
Nothing new, ordinary Chinese phone as many. Only like that is back side is transparent.
Does it run lineage? Any other FOSS, third party OS? No? Hard pass.
iodéOS, and support for UbuntuTouch
iodéOS is powered by “LineageOS”
So yes, it also has microG. So it’s the same thing again, as /e/.
It does, in it’s early stage eg. Ubuntu Touch, but I think there isn’t any problem to run other Distros too, at least Android itself is Linux (stock Android is only bad because it’s contamined with Google APIs) and Linage OS is an Android fork. The OS isn’t a problem, but the question is the compatibility of the needed apps, eg, in profesional ambit, medical apps or other official apps, all of these normally only for Android or iOS.
if it runs linux distros, that does not mean it can run android
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